The reinforcements from Handanar City arrived at the southern pass of the Moyunling Highlands nearly five days later than expected.
When the reinforcements arrived at the mountain pass in the southern part of the highland, nearly 2,000 of the 50,000 infantry soldiers were lost. Without an army of priests, priests, magicians, and paladins, it was difficult for these infantry soldiers to receive treatment. Wound infection was the biggest executioner.
The reinforcements still have a large amount of war preparation materials in the southern mountain pass, but it seems that they are no longer needed. Marquis Vorstizer has no intention of spending a huge amount of transportation costs to bring this batch of materials back to Handanar City.
Dealing with these war preparation materials has become the most important thing for Marquis Caesar at the moment.
As soon as he arrived at the southern mountain pass, Marquis Nishizawa was eager to meet with the managers of several major business groups in the camp here.
These large business groups are currently mainly doing business for the Western Route Army and adventure groups. They have almost a monopoly on all the materials needed by the army.
On the opposite hillside next to the West Route Army camp is the merchant group's material warehouse, which occupies a large area of the grass.
There is also a naturally formed free market in front of these material warehouses. Almost all members of the adventure group have set up some small stalls. The products sold are also diverse, ranging from metal buttons for clothes to large shelves for storing items. Lin
Lin's variety covers almost all daily necessities.
Of course, the most popular products are some parts of the evil spirits, such as the black devil skin stained with purple blood, or a sharp green horn, a sharp and minimalist style gauntlet-less war blade, a long curved bone
Spears etc.
The southern mountain pass camp is very prosperous, and the noisy atmosphere in the market is in sharp contrast to the decadent-looking infantry soldiers.
The morale of the infantry soldiers in the army was extremely low. Marquis Heller chose to camp on a grassy slope about 500 meters away from the Western Route Army camp. The camp of nearly 50,000 infantry soldiers occupied a large area on the hillside.
Many people in the business group and adventure group were very curious when they saw such an embarrassed army returning from the depths of the highlands. Some people even became worried about the situation on the Moyunling highlands.
The infantry soldiers rode a horse and led a horse behind them. Almost every soldier had several large and small packages.
After arriving at the camp, the soldiers unloaded their luggage from the ancient Bolai horses, including saddles and hoods. After these war horses took off their saddles, they were uniformly driven by the knights to the stream at the foot of the grass slope, where they drank to their fill.
After enjoying the clear water of the stream, they rushed to the grassy slope on the opposite side of the river to eat green grass.
As the war horses left the reinforcement camp one after another, the camp here seemed deserted.
The reinforcement soldiers of Handanar City were accompanied by war horses along the way. Seeing these war horses leaving the camp, I realized how dependent they were on the war horses. The biggest problem was the large and small packages piled up at their feet.
These infantry warriors wear fully covered heavy armor, and are also equipped with heavy swords, tower shields and war spears. Just wearing these things makes people walk like a turtle...
There are also tents, sleeping bags, pots, rations and other daily necessities. There will be no horses to carry these supplies in the future.
They originally came from Handanar City hoping to pick up some bargains, but when they arrived at the Moyunling Highlands, they were chased and killed by a group of evil ghosts. They finally made it back to the mountain pass in the southern part of the Highlands alive, and saw a group of evil spirits.
War horses were led to the camp, and many infantry soldiers sat blankly on the grass piled with packages...
The infantry soldiers began to worry about the upcoming journey.
Although the Handanar City reinforcements have a logistics transport team, this transport team has no obligation to help the infantry soldiers carry their luggage.
The entire business group on the Moyunling Highlands knew the purpose of the support army coming here. They had offended Lord Suldak, and the horse and carriage dealer had to consider some of the negative factors. Although it had to accept their business, it
It is absolutely impossible to discount these infantry warriors.
The four-wheeled trucks set out from the Moyunling Highlands, passed through mountain passes and canyons, climbed over the Gandaer Mountains, and crossed large meadows before arriving at Handanar City. The whole journey would take at least more than a month.
If you have a roll of old linen luggage, there is no need to check it in as the freight may be more expensive than the luggage itself.
For these infantry soldiers, luggage that is inconvenient to carry must be disposed of at the camp. If it has no value, it will be discarded directly in the camp. If it can still be sold at a high price, it will be sold at a stall in the market.
So after the Handanar City reinforcements arrived at the southern mountain pass camp, this not-so-large free market suddenly became lively.
A large number of second-hand goods appeared on the market, including iron pots, kettles, traveler's backpacks, personal clothing, leather armor, mail armor, shields, heavy swords, etc.
According to the thinking of these infantry soldiers, rather than throwing them away because they can't walk anymore, it is better to sell them here.
The time they will be repairing at the southern mountain pass is uncertain, but what is certain is that they must sell all the supplies they cannot take away at a low price before leaving.
Commercial banks keep the purchase price of such items very low.
At this time, the business acumen displayed by the businessmen can be described as adding insult to injury. They were so stingy that they refused to pay an extra copper plate for the rubbish of the infantry soldiers.
The main reason why these items are not valuable in the market is that similar items used by the largest consumer group in the market, that is, the members of the adventure group, are generally stronger than the items used by the infantry.
Even business groups are not easy to deal with these cheap second-hand goods. The lack of market is the main reason why these materials cannot be sold.
Those leather armors, mail armor, heavy swords and shields are relatively easy to sell as long as the price is low enough.
…
The setting sun makes the mountains in the distance inlaid with a golden edge...
The infantry soldiers had to set up their tents before dark.
Even in the rainy season, nights in the highlands are very cold.
When the sun disappears between the mountains, the moist cold wind will blow directly into the cracks of people's bones.
At this time, a bonfire is raised, a pot of thick hot soup is boiled, the toasted wheat cake is put on a stick, and it is roasted by the bonfire until it becomes fragrant. Only when you eat it will your whole body be warm.
It's a pity that these infantry soldiers in the reinforcements are not in this mood at the moment...
Many soldiers ate wheat cakes silently without speaking. Some even took a few mouthfuls of dry and hard wheat cakes, then buried their heads between their knees and cursed muffledly: 'He's so numb...'
…
Marquis Valentin Heller returned to the southern pass and locked himself in a tent, refusing to see anyone.
One hundred and seventeen thousand Gubo Lai war horses were handed over to the Western Route Army's Constructed Knights one after another before dark.
Andrew never thought about asking his construct knights to count the number of war horses and check the status of all war horses. He handed over the task of taking care of these war horses to the 17th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment Kit in the West Route Army camp.
Head of the group.
The Constructed Knights left the camp in a hurry without even spending the night in the camp.
He wanted to leave the camp at the southern pass before Surdak returned, so as not to be temporarily assigned some boring tasks by Surdak.
Andrew has set his sights on the area between the North Sunderland Mountains and Lake Neighborhood. Although the ant cavalry and the giant ghost-patterned soldier ant army have not followed, this just makes his construct knights more flexible.
…
Surdak and his party rushed back to the southern mountain pass camp, just the morning after Andrew led the Constructed Knights to leave.
Seeing a large group of ancient Bolai horses scattered like dark clouds on the grassy slope opposite the camp, Surdak felt very good.
This time he came from the Highland Fortress, not only to see these ancient Bo Lai war horses, but also to conduct a deal with the Marquis of Westsee for unidentified black magic crystals.
The grass here has been chewed down to a few grass roots, and the horses are slowly moving to the more open grassland to the north.
"Boss, are you planning to form some cavalry regiments?"
Seeing the large group of Gubo's war horses on the grass, Jialideker, who came here with Surdak, couldn't help but ask.
Surdak looked at the lively market in the distance, smiled, shook his head and said:
"These ancient Bolai horses can only be used as mounts for rangers and horse archers. I don't plan to form such a cavalry regiment yet."
"I plan to hand over these war horses to the Aigrod tribe for free range. If I can get scale horses, I may form another Constructed Knights..."
Nika, who was following Surdak, quietly stuck out his tongue and thought to himself: It seems that Lord Surdak does not intend to stop the war.
The group of maids who followed Nika have now grown into qualified field medical personnel.
Everyone is usually busy in the medical tent, and rarely leaves the main force of the West Route Army.
When a group of women saw the lively market on the hillside, they all chattered excitedly and wanted to rush there immediately.
This time Surdak brought Nika and the others here mainly because most of the reinforcement infantry soldiers in Handanar City were injured. If they did not receive effective treatment, they would probably appear again before returning to Handanar City.
Attrition situation.
Although he was very dissatisfied with the reinforcements from Handanar City entering the Moyunling highlands to seize territory, this did not mean that he would be angry with the infantry soldiers in the reinforcements.
These infantry soldiers are basically civilians from various areas of Handanar City and County. Most of them are veterans with combat experience. There are only a small number of young soldiers serving in the army. Surdak is also a soldier who came out of the infantry regiment.
I also have great sympathy for them.
It's just... Sympathy is sympathy, but this group of war horses cannot be allowed to ride back to Handanar City under any circumstances.
Surdak passed by the lively free market without passing through the market. The group passed by the edge of the market and discovered that there were many reinforcement infantry soldiers selling old things in the market.
There were almost no soldiers from the Western Route Army here, and almost no one recognized Suldak.
Only some merchants in small stalls looked at Suldak and his party with suspicious expressions on their faces.
Some swordsmen from the reinforcements' swordsman regiment are also stranded here.
They didn't want to go home as losers. This time they deserted on the battlefield. Although they might not be sent to the trial court, they completely offended the three very powerful marquis of Handanar County.
Even if they can return to Handanar City safely, their life may not be easy.
Although many of them are minor nobles, they have little power, so it is best to hide outside to avoid the limelight during this period.
There are already constructed swordsmen who have joined the adventure group here, preparing to make some money before making other plans.
As for the constructed swordsmen of the noble lord's bodyguards, the magic pattern structures on their bodies and the scaled horses on their crotches do not belong to them. If they dare to escape with the magic pattern structures and horses, their families will definitely be implicated, so
These constructed swordsmen will definitely return to Handanar City.
They are staying here now mainly to make preparations for the next trip.
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When Suldak saw Margrave Vostersee, he was discussing the batch of military supplies with several big businessmen in the camp here.
When he walked to the entrance of Marquis Xize's tent, Suldak happened to meet this group of businessmen. Seeing the commander of the Western Route Army suddenly appearing outside the tent, these big businessmen all changed their faces with fright. Some businessmen even thought
Pretend to wipe away sweat and cover your face with a handkerchief.
Others tried to hide behind their companions to avoid being seen by Surdak.
Seeing the frightened looks on the faces of the merchants, Suldak did not go to greet them anymore, but followed the Marquis of Caesar's personal guards into the tent.
There was still a lingering smell of smoke inside the tent, and Marquis Caesar couldn't hide the tiredness on his face. The attendants were busy removing some tea sets.
Seeing Suldak walking in from outside, Marquis Caesar quickly stood up to greet him.
"I didn't expect that Commander Surdak would come so quickly..."
The Marquis of Caesar came over with a smile, patted Suldak on the shoulder, took his arm and asked him to sit on a chair.
"I heard that reinforcements will arrive at the southern camp in the next few days, so I rushed over as soon as possible." Suldak said to Marquis Xize, and asked casually: "I just saw a group of businessmen leaving here.
Does the Marquis intend to dispose of the military supplies stored in the camp here?"
Marquis Xize was slightly startled, stared at Suldak, and admitted frankly: "That is indeed the intention, but the materials transported need to be disposed of on the spot. Not to mention the trouble of transporting them back to Handanar City, the logistics
The pressure on the sides will be greater, and the losses suffered by the lords will be greater."
"Then if the deal has not been finalized, the West Route Army is willing to purchase it at 40% off the market price. Of course, I am talking about 40% off the transaction price in Handanar City..." Surdak said very directly
said.
"Why don't you go and grab it?"
Marquis Xize's face became a little ugly. He originally wanted to maintain the demeanor that a noble should have, but after hearing what Suldak said, he couldn't help but fight back.
Surdak spread his hands and said with a smile: "In this case, you can regard my suggestion to you as a friendship between friends. After all, the military supplies of the Western Route Army are provided free of charge by the military department.
Yes, I am not short of these military supplies. Of course, I also hope that you can sell them at a higher price..."